Thomas pates



(No'Modeh) T. PATES.

PLANTING PLOW. No. 257,876. Patented May.2, 1882.

INVENTUR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

THOMAS PATES, OF ALTON, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HAPGOOD lPLOW COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

PLANTI NG- PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,376, dated May 2, 1882.

Application filed November 28, 1861. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS Paras, of Alton, in the county of Madison and State of lllinois, have invented a new and useful 1m provement in Planting-Flows, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a side view of a planting-plow, showing how the drag-bars a are attached to the mold-board, also showing the eoverers adjustable up and down in their attachment to the drag-bar. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same as Fig. 1, taken on the dotted line a: w in Fig. 1, showing how the drag-bars are adjustable on the mold-board, whereby the eoverers are adjusted nearer to each other and farther apart by the movement of the drag-bars on the moldboards. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the drag-bars, showing'the slotted ends 0 and d. Fig. 4 is a face view of the coverer.

This invention consists in the peculiar construction, combination, and arrangement of the dra g-bars, adjnstabl y attached to the mold board in such a manner that a movement of the drag-bars forwardly on the mold-boards will bring and adjust the eoverers nearer to each other, and a movement of the drag-bars rearwardly will adjust the eoverers wider and farther from each other, as hereinafter shown.

The drag-bar consists of a bar of iron or steel of suitable length, having its forward end fitting the mold-board and adjustably attached thereto, and extending rearwardly, and with its rear end bent downwardly and supporting the coverer. a is the drag-bar, havingaforward end part, d, with a slot, 0, as shown in Fig. 3, and having arear part,c, with aslot,f, as also shown in Fig. 3. The forward end part, at, is attached to the mold-board B with two bolts in the slot e, and is adjustable thereon, by which the dragbarsmay be moved forward and back, as shown in dotted line y y in Fig. 2, the slot 6, sliding on the bolts 12 12, carrying the coverer b from dotted line it to dotted line It, also shown in Fig. 2, by which the eoverers may be moved and adjusted to work either close to each other or wider apart from each other, as desired.

The rear end part, 0, extends downwardly, supporting the eoverers b with bolts in the slotsf, and the coverer may be adjusted up and down by the bolts which secure the coverer sliding in the slotsf, moving the coverer from dotted line m to dotted line 11., as shown in Fig. 1, by which deep or shallow work may be done, as desired. A series of holes may be used in the place of the slots with like results and still retain the feature of my invention.

The plow-beam A, listing-plow B, moldboards D, and drill tooth O, with the coverer 1), (shown in the drawings,) do not differ from ordinary construction, and need not be herein described.

By reason of my invention the eoverers may be adj ustcd for either a wide or a narrow rid gerow, and with either a shallow or a deep covering in either a wide or narrow ridge-row, as may be desired.

1 am aware that drag-bars have been attachcd to the mold-board, and I am aware that drag-bars have been made adjustable. There'- fore such I do not claim broadly.

In operation, when the eoverers are working near together they will be adjusted to work shallowfand when working wide ridge-rows they must work deeper. Hence it is desirable that the eoverers have adjustability both perpendicularly and laterally, as shown in my invention, and which I accomplish by attaching the drag-bars to the mold boards and making them adjustable thereon, as shown.

Having thus described and set forth my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent is- In a planting-plow, the drag-bar at, having its forward end bent andslotted, flitting the back of the mold-board and ad j ustabl y attached thereto, and the rear end bent downwardlyand slotted, and fitting the back of the coveringblades, and adjustably attached thereto, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

. THOMAS PATES.

Witnesses:

F. H. FERGUSON, WM. R. PINOKARD. 

